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<p n="1584"> <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65212_date291">20th. July 1772</rs>
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<p n="1585">Verdict of the Jury touching the Death of <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1585-1">Francis Jennings</rs>
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That the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1585-2">Francis Jennings</rs>
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on Sunday the <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65212_date292">Nineteenth<lb></lb>
day of July 1772</rs>
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being intoxicated with Liquor and standing<lb></lb>
on the top of the Railing of a certain Bridge near to Chelsea<lb></lb>
Water Works in the <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1345">Parish of St. George Hanover Square</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="WACWIC65212_geo1346">Westminster</rs>
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it so happened that he accidentally casually<lb></lb>
and by Misfortune fell from off the Railing of the said Bridge<lb></lb>
into the Water Running under the said Bridge, by means<lb></lb>
whereof he the said <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1585-3">Francis Jennings</rs>
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was Suffocated and<lb></lb>
Drowned in the said Water and then and there instantly<lb></lb>
Died. In Witness whereof the said Jurors have set their<lb></lb>
Hands this <rs type="date" id="WACWIC65212_date293">20th, day of July 1772</rs>
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<p n="1586"> <rs type="persName" id="WACWIC65212_n1586-1">John Salt</rs>
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foreman</p>
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